CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 CS 559: Computer Graphics Prof Stephen Chenney

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Why Computer Graphics? Visual interface to computers Imaging alternate worlds Enhancing our view of the existing world

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Training and Testing Experiments in the real world can be dangerous and expensive: –Can I land this plane? –Does this medicine make people drowsy? The Iowa Driving Simulator

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 For Entertainment Games – not just 3D! Movies – graphics is a part of production for almost every movie Toy Story 2: © Disney

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 For Design Enables spaces to be explored before construction Allows for assembly and usability testing Boeing’s new Virtual Reality Lab

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 For Aesthetic Pleasure Computer art Me, My Mom and My Girl at Three, 1992, Michele Turre You Wish, from Tree Fix, 1997, Michele Turre

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 For Understanding Display data sets in an accessible way –Figures in books –Scientific visualization NCSA Storm Visualization

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Enhancing the existing world Mix models with the real world –Movie special effects –Augmented reality Overlay medical data onto patients From Eric Grimson’s research group at MIT © Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab, Columbia University

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 All course information

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 People Professor Stephen Chenney –Room 6387 –Office Hours Tu-Th TA Raj Arangarasan –Room 3370C –Office Hours MW 2-3

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Topics Covered 2D Imagery –Representations, manipulation 3D Graphics –Projection, Shading, Toolkits 3D Modeling –Curves, surfaces, hierarchies

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Textbooks Alan Watt, "3D Computer Graphics", Third Edition. Adison-Wesley, Woo et. al., "OpenGL Programming Guide", Third Edition, Adison-Wesley, 1999.

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Grading 50% Midterm and Final 40% Programming Projects –Three projects, one for each “section” of class –You must attempt each project 10% Homework –About 1 every 2 weeks –Short, and you can drop one Everyone must write up their own homework, and write their own software, unless explicitly told otherwise

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Programming Issues FLTK will be the user interface toolkit –C++ class library –Provides windows, buttons, menus, etc OpenGL will be the 3D rendering toolkit –Provides an API for drawing objects specified in 3D Visual C will be the programming environment To be graded, your project must compile under Visual C++ on the machines in room 1355

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Adding the Class To go on the waiting list, with your name, ID and major Some people already on the list will be added this afternoon

CS559-Computer Graphics Copyright Stephen Chenney 2001 Programming Assignment 1 Do the FLTK demo off the class web page Will get you started with C++ and FLTK Do it NOW, don’t wait until the project comes up There will be another assignment in a week or so continuing your preparation for the first project Not graded. Questions to Raj.